Trivial Stuff: I just bought a French Press Coffee Maker
So, Joan and I threw a dinner party on Friday Night.
The night before, we realized that we got rid of our coffee maker before we left The PRC, and then we never replaced it.
Knowing that she would probably pick up a standard coffee maker, I beat her to the punch.
I can't stand appliances which permanently take up counter space.
So I picked up an 8 cup (espresso cup) French Press.
It provided coffee for the dinner party, you can put it in a cabinet when not in use, and what an amazing cup of coffee it makes.
So, for you coffee fans in the Gulch, trust me on this and get a French Press.
The night before, we realized that we got rid of our coffee maker before we left The PRC, and then we never replaced it.
Knowing that she would probably pick up a standard coffee maker, I beat her to the punch.
I can't stand appliances which permanently take up counter space.
So I picked up an 8 cup (espresso cup) French Press.
It provided coffee for the dinner party, you can put it in a cabinet when not in use, and what an amazing cup of coffee it makes.
So, for you coffee fans in the Gulch, trust me on this and get a French Press.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19963...
I have a very nice teapot with internal strainer cup.
I do know that you can go to a Daz Bog coffee and ask for your coffee made in a French Press.
A kind of trial run and taste test.
I may try the French Press.
The sales girl said it had a hint of "floral" to it.
I didn't know what she meant, but I decided to try it anyway.
It has a faint note of licorice... very nice.
*I* sure liked the product! Or maybe it was just the ground up flowers that was in the blend. LOL
Brad
The french press is the 2nd best way to transform perfectly roasted arabica beans into the delectable brew. The professional espresso machine being the #1 device whose drawbacks include it's cost, space & plumbing requirements. :^)
1 ounce freshly ground fine. Use inverted method with175F water yields the BEST pseudo double espresso shot you can make at home without breaking the bank.
This completely changed my coffee habit - err addiction!
And did you know, a yawn is a silent scream for coffee?? Swear!
No mandatory coffee.
And yes, you can pour the grounds right into your compost.
BTW, another Dazbog-ism, which might be a regional thing.
Our local franchise packs all of their spent grounds into kitchen garbage bags and gives them to whomever wants them for compost.
(Of course, I think they should charge a fee of like a buck, but it's their grounds)
Yeah, I know...
possibly as much as someone who has a special device to roast the beans to perfection, and another complicated machine to make the beverage ;^)
(Written with personal experience, E.)
I like pairing coffee with a cigar (even if the coffee's instant)
Currently using:
http://www.delonghi.com/en-hk/products/c...
Also enjoyed these in NZ and OZ
http://www.amazon.com/Breville-800ESXL-T...
Mine are ground the same as for a Mr. Coffee. The espresso grind is to fine especially for down the drain.
I also live on a boat but have done the same in a house or apartment. The trick is plenty of running water. Boat or not my drain pipe is half the diameter of a standard household system.
Thought I should clarify that. An alternate method is soaking the grounds in water and creating an instant coffee mixture. then pour through a filter and keep refridgerated. It's a Peruvian method. then then all the grounds can be dumped at one time.
I put the container in the sink and pour the grounds and rinse water into the container.
The water eventually drains and you have the grounds left over for whatever you would like to do with them.
I had to look, just to see how nasty it really was, and then it wasn't. whew! nastiness averted!
Where I live there are long winters meaning my grounds sit around a really long time using up counter space. Because of that I keep them in a jar like an old pickle jar set off in the corner. (never truly out of sight.) It's tough to get grounds out of the press without water and having determined rinsing down the drain is bad for the plumbing, I end up between digging by hand and slush rinsing and dig/pouring dregs into said jar. With that combination of grounds and water it takes a lot of jars. That in turn means a lot of trips into my back yard, which I put off when it's cold. Thus the jars pile up in the corner of my kitchen counter getting riper and riper all the while I avoid looking more and more. Eventually I work up the courage to deal with it and trek it out to the back yard. But it won't all come out of the jars. I slush it around and slush/pour but the jars still have grounds in the bottom. That requires bringing extra water for rinsing and cleaning. In the meantime this whole is process being closely scrutinized by my neighbor. Who sees me dumping what he likely perceives to be a toxic sludge in my back yard. I know he is just standing there with his finger right on the quick dial for EPA.
But... my sins run very deep. I have a daughter away in college. She came along late in my life and is my darling. But when she asked me for a coffee pot. Now when I visit her at school in her little 8x10 dorm room and do a dads discreet visual, tucked away in a corner or window ledge I find a French Press invariably with old grounds in the bottom.
Is your daughter managing to avoid the commie brainwashing and retain more than coffee common sense?
Liberty is seriously under attack by the educational institutions.